Sewall, John Kirk (sold)
John Kirk Sewall (fl. c. 1928 – 1949) was an American illustrator active in China before World War II. He is also known for designing the endpapers and providing illustrations for The Chinese Festive Board, a 1935 cookbook by Corrinne Lamb. He issued at least two interesting pictorial maps of China:A Pictorial Map of Peiping and Map of the Western Hills : including a detailed description of spots of interest and roads leading to the same. Sewall was married to Janet Fitch.
One of the two great Pre-WWII pictorial maps of Beijing.
A Pictorial Map of Peiping in full colours.
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This is John Kirk Sewall's rare c. 1928-1933 pictorial map of Beijing or Peking, China. This is one of two great pictorial maps of Beijing issued prior to World War II, the other being by Frank Dorn. The map uses color coding to divide Beijing into three sections, ... (more details)